§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what provision has been made in
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New pupil places receiving central Government capital support in south east England 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Total new pupil places 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Total funding for new pupil places 1999–2000 to 2001–02 (£000) Total capital funding 1999–2000 to 2001–02 (£000)1 London Barking and Dagenham 464 4,449 14,112 Barnet — — 21,535 Bexley 1,222 8,688 23,365 Brent 638 4,080 49,815 Bromley — — 19,751 Camden 147 1,095 12,639 City of London — — 186 Croydon 619 3,941 25,192 Ealing 366 2,546 25,216 Enfield 810 5,588 24,248 Greenwich — — 20,683 Hackney 637 5,001 16,654 Hammersmith and Fulham — — 10,401 Haringey 1,911 11,997 87,313 Harrow — — 14,334 Havering 450 3,303 16,078 Hillingdon 959 6,644 24,187 Hounslow — — 15,733 Islington — — 13,073 Kensington and Chelsea — — 5,455 Kingston upon Thames — — 14,919 Lambeth — — 26,674 Lewisham — — 21,153 Merton — — 40,095 Newham 1,246 6,536 64,151 Redbridge 1,228 8,463 43,721 Richmond-upon-Thames — — 27,341 Southwark 100 785 16,262 Sutton 1,147 7,975 21,088 Tower Hamlets — — 87,521 Waltham Forest 337 2,056 39,278 Wandsworth 271 1,480 16,836 Westminster — — 9,684 South East Bracknell Forest — — 6,720 Brighton and Hove 606 4,080 30,124 Buckinghamshire 1,502 9,683 45,933 East Sussex 1,614 10,492 62,353 Hampshire 3,680 22,244 94,650 Isle of Wight 1,698 9,851 17,995 Kent 8,298 50,273 128,487 Medway Towns 2,463 15,524 29,289 Milton Keynes 2,109 13,941 30,264 Oxfordshire 2,987 18,139 59,705 budgetary planning for new schools in areas of new housing development in south east England in the last three years. [17117]
§ John HealeyThe table shows those local education authorities in south east England, including London, which have benefited from central Government support for new pupil places in the three years from 1999–2000 to 2001–02. This support reflects the need for additional school places in areas of population growth where there is no more capacity in all schools in the surrounding area. It is shown in the context of the total capital support allocated to those authorities in the same period.
Information on whether this capital support is used to build new schools in areas of new housing development, or to expand existing schools, is not kept centrally. Local authorities may supplement the centrally provided support from their own resources, particularly where there is new housing development which can generate developer contributions to building new schools. This information will be held by local authorities.
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New pupil places receiving central Government capital support in south east England 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Total new pupil places 1999–2000 to 2001–02 Total funding for new pupil places 1999–2000 to 2001–02 (£000) Total capital funding 1999–2000 to 2001–02 (£000) 1 Portsmouth 135 837 17,009 Reading 506 3,400 11,995 Slough 82 685 8,428 Southampton 553 3,479 44,869 Surrey 2,907 19,633 73,452 West Berkshire (Newbury) 779 5,116 17,319 West Sussex 1,082 6,909 48,004 Windsor and Maidenhead 46 340 9,160 Wokingham 1,109 7,321 18,249 Total 44,708 286,574 1,622,698 1 In addition to the allocations made specifically for new pupil places, some other schools capital programmes, such as PFI, may also be used for this purpose.
§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many(a) new and (b) replacement (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools were built in (A) 1997, (B) 1998, (C) 1999 and (D) 2000. [17473]
§ John Healey[holding answer 23 November 2001]: We do not hold information about the number of new and replacement schools that have been built.
We have, however, made significant amounts of funding available to expand, replace and repair school accommodation. Details of the level of central Government support for capital investment made available for schools since 1997 follow:
Central Government support for capital investment in schools 1996–97 to 2003–04 Year £ billion 1996–97 0.7 1997–98 0.8 1998–99 1.0 1999–2000 1.4 2000–01 2.1 2001–02 2.2 2002–03 2.8 2003–04 3.5